The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 443Acc. 2026.0443
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3
Rust server · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online 79.137.98.22:28015 checked 7m ago
The timeline
Wipes
Every wipe on record as a dated marker, the force wipes among them, and the wipes expected next. Newest first in the record below.
13 Sep Now 1 Oct17:40 · FW 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 29 Oct 2026, 05:05 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202617:40 UTC FW27d ago
- Peak
- 139
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 35
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 13h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 13hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 13hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 139, 47 hours in.
The record
Population, performance and rank
Kept in folders: players every five minutes, every hour and every day; the server answering for itself; its rank among every server ranked.
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 2% of all ranked servers, and #24 of the quad servers (top 3%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Related exhibits
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Visitors' questions about this exhibit
Quick answers
Answered from the figures on this page.
Tags and filters
Who runs [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
A playrust.com hostname is published by [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 and by 124 other servers we track, which points to the same operator.
What do the server tags on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 mean?
You can see the tags [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 publishes, read by the game's server browser: official (official): Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand; gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier ruleset, softcore, applies here; mp400 (Max players): 400 slots are set on this server; ts4 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 4; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to join; cs168909 (Build): Build number: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe applies here, as does the force wipe from Facepunch; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available here for new players; sc2 (Custom tag): Standard Rust does not define this tag; the owner or a plugin added it. At the top of this page you also see the current players, the queue and when the world was made, all from the tags.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
The Rust Server History lists that feature [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 are: Rust tutorial servers: the record, European Rust servers and Official Rust servers: the record. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: No plugins at all; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Tutorial on ^t; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 25+ on average; Boxes: Official only.
Server record
Does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 run smoothly?
Across the last 48 hours it averaged 175 server fps; the low was 127. As many as 272,560 entities were in the world: buildings, deployables and the rest. Memory use peaked at 8,298 MB. What players feel as lag comes from low fps and a climbing entity count.
Which version of Rust does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 run?
On Windows, [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match to join, and Steam handles that update.
Is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 online, and how reliable is it?
The live count shows [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 online right now. Going by its reported uptime, it restarted about 15 hours ago. It was up for 167 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 99% of the time. 13 September 2026 is when Rust Server History first saw it.
Where is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 located?
The name of [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 points to Europe, but no region tag is published. Where a server says it is is shown on Rust Server History; where the machine stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 79.137.98.22:28015.
Wipe log
What does wipe day look like on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew an average of 139 players. 47 hours into the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
The force wipe is the only wipe on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 11 hours ago. The tags list a monthly wipe schedule.
Population
How does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 at #443, among the top 2% of all ranked servers. Ranked against other quad servers, it stands at #24.
How busy is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
Of its 400 slots, [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 currently has 11 filled. Stored history gives a seven-day average of 39 players and a peak of 112. Stored history puts the busiest hour of the past 48 at 18:00 UTC, averaging 83 players.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
You will not find a gather rate in the name of [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3. You may join a group of up to 4 players (quad). Recorded as softcore, with this note: Part of your loot stays with you in this easier Facepunch mode. Fighting and raiding between players are permitted. It appears in Rust's Official tab in game. VAC from Valve is switched on.
Which map does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 run?
Seed 1478860386, size 4,500: such is the procedural map [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 runs, generated by the game. One size and seed produce one map, which RustMaps can show you from this page.
Join record
How do I join [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 79.137.98.22:28015 to connect. Launch Rust from this page instead and you join through Steam with the connect already made.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp400,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^t,gmsoftcore,cs168909,sc2,ts4
On Rust Server History
Game
gmsoftcore
mp400
ts4
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Gameplay
^t
Other
sc2
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.